{"id":286431,"date":"2011-03-02T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/02\/tottenham-striker-jermain-defoe-set-to-return-to-training-this-week-report\/"},"modified":"2011-03-02T09:05:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T09:05:00","slug":"tottenham-striker-jermain-defoe-set-to-return-to-training-this-week-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/tottenham-striker-jermain-defoe-set-to-return-to-training-this-week-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe set to return to training this week &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h4>2 Mar 2011 09:05:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"56.3070707071\">\n<div readability=\"17.1804123711\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL: Jermain Defoe, Tottenham - Wigan Athletic (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5362433561567_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL: Jermain Defoe, Tottenham &#8211; Wigan Athletic (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"14.5094339623\"><\/p>\n<p>        <em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/2121\/jermain-defoe\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The injury sustained by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> forward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/2121\/jermain-defoe\">Jermain Defoe<\/a> is reportedly not as serious as initially feared.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old has already missed a significant portion of the club&#8217;s campaign due to injury, and an ankle problem during the warm-weather training in Dubai sparked reports that the forward could be sidelined for a lengthy period of time.<\/p>\n<p>However, <em>The Guardian<\/em> reports that the former Portsmouth man is expected to return to training sometime this week.<\/p>\n<p>This also puts Defoe in contention to potentially play a part in the second leg of the Champions League tie against AC Milan.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5362433561567_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/02\/2375553\/tottenham-striker-jermain-defoe-set-to-return-to-training\" title=\"Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe set to return to training this week - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe set to return to training this week &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 2 Mar 2011 09:05:00 EPL: Jermain Defoe, Tottenham &#8211; Wigan Athletic (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . The injury sustained by Tottenham forward Jermain Defoe is reportedly not as serious as initially feared. The 28-year-old has already missed a significant portion of the club&#8217;s campaign due to injury, and an ankle problem during the warm-weather training in Dubai sparked reports that the forward could be sidelined for a lengthy period of time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe set to return to training this week - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/tottenham-striker-jermain-defoe-set-to-return-to-training-this-week-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe set to return to training this week - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"2 Mar 2011 09:05:00 EPL: Jermain Defoe, Tottenham - Wigan Athletic (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . 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